signed, sealed, and delivered

Meaning

Adjective

  • Completed, particularly with respect to the conveyance of something.

Origin

  • From an old English common law rule that property was not conveyed from one party to another until the document memorializing the conveyance had been signed by the conveyor, affixed with his seal, and delivered to the recipient of the property.

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